What does KNOCK mean?
Definitions for KNOCK
nɒkknock
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word KNOCK.
Princeton's WordNet
knock, knockingnoun
the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
"the knocking grew louder"
knock, roastnoun
negative criticism
knock, bash, bang, smash, beltnoun
a vigorous blow
"the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
knocknoun
a bad experience
"the school of hard knocks"
knock, belt, rap, whack, whangverb
the act of hitting vigorously
"he gave the table a whack"
knock, strike hardverb
deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"
knockverb
rap with the knuckles
"knock on the door"
bump, knockverb
knock against with force or violence
"My car bumped into the tree"
tap, rap, knock, pinkverb
make light, repeated taps on a surface
"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
pink, ping, knockverb
sound like a car engine that is firing too early
"the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"
knock, criticize, criticise, pick apartverb
find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
"The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"
GCIDE
Knockverb
To criticise; to find fault with; to disparage.
Wiktionary
knocknoun
An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood
I heard a knock on my door.
knocknoun
An impact.
He took a knock on the head.
knocknoun
a batsman's innings.
He played a slow but sure knock of 35.
knocknoun
A type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition or the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
knockverb
To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
Knock on the door and find out if they're home.
knockverb
To bump or impact.
I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.
knockverb
To denigrate, undervalue.
Don't knock it until you've tried it.
knockverb
To pass, kick a ball towards another player.
Etymology: Akin to Old Norse knoka (compare Swedish knocka, Danish knuge, to hug) and Middle High German knochen, to hit.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Knocknoun
Etymology: from the verb.
Some men never conceive how the motion of the earth should wave him from a knock perpendicularly directed from a body in the air above. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Err. b. vii.
Ajax belabours there an harmless ox,
And thinks that Agamemnon feels the knocks. John Dryden.Guiscard, in his leathern frock,
Stood ready, with his thrice-repeated knock:
Thrice with a doleful sound the jarring grate
Rung deaf and hollow. John Dryden, Boccace.To Knockverb
How do you mean removing him?
—— Why, by making him incapable of Othello’s place; knocking out his brains. William Shakespeare, Othello.He that has his chains knocked off, and the prison doors set open to him, is perfectly at liberty. John Locke.
Time was, a sober Englishman would knock
His servants up, and rise by five o’clock;
Instruct his family in ev’ry rule
And send his wife to church, his son to school. Dryden.So when the cook saw my jaws thus knock it,
She would have made a pancake of my pocket. John Cleveland.At him he lanch’d his spear, and pierc’d his breast;
On the hard earth the Lycian knock’d his head,
And lay supine; and forth the spirit fled. Dryden.’Tis the sport of statesmen,
When heroes knock their knotty heads together,
And fall by one another. Nicholas Rowe.He began to knock down his fellow citizens with a great deal of zeal, and to fill all Arabia with an unnatural medley of religion and bloodshed. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 50.
A man who is gross in a woman’s company, ought to be knocked down with a club. Clarissa.
He betook himself to his orchard, and walking there was knocked on the head by a tree. Robert South, Sermons.
Excess, either with an apoplexy, knocks a man on the head; or with a fever, like fire in a strong-water-shop, burns him down to the ground. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol.
To Knockverb
Etymology: cnucian, Saxon; cnoce, a blow, Welsh.
Any hard body thrust forwards by another body contiguous, without knocking, giveth no noise. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.
They may say, the atoms of the chaos being variously moved according to this catholick law, must needs knock and interfere. Richard Bentley, Sermons.
Villain, I say knock me at this gate,
And rap me well; or I’ll knock your knave’s pate. William Shakespeare.Whether to knock against the gates of Rome,
Or rudely visit them in parts remote,
To fright them, ere destroy. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.I bid the rascal knock upon your gate,
And could not get get him for my heart to do it. William Shakespeare.For harbour at a thousand doors they knock’d,
Not one of all the thousand but was lock’d. Dryden.Knock at your own breast, and ask your soul,
If those fair fatal eyes edg’d not your sword. Dryden.
ChatGPT
knock
The general definition for "knock" is the action of striking a surface with force or a sharp sound, typically to gain attention, seek entry, or indicate one's presence.
Webster Dictionary
Knockverb
to drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another
Knockverb
to strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door
Knockverb
to strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table
Knockverb
to strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door
Knocknoun
a blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar
Knocknoun
a stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap
Etymology: [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka. Cf. Knack.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Knock
nok, v.i. to strike with something hard or heavy: to drive or be driven against: to strike for admittance: to rap.—v.t. to strike: to drive against.—n. a sudden stroke: a rap.—adj. Knock′-down, such as to overthrow.—ns. Knock′er, the hammer suspended to a door for making a knock: a goblin inhabiting a mine who points out the presence of ore by knocks; Knock′ing, a beating on a door: a rap.—adj. Knock′-kneed, having knees that knock or touch in walking.—Knock about (slang), to saunter, loaf about; Knock down, to fell with a blow: assign to a bidder with a tap of the auctioneer's hammer; Knock into a cocked hat (see Cock); Knock off, to desist, cease: to accomplish hastily; Knock on the head, to bring to a sudden stop; Knock out, to beat in a boxing match, to overcome generally: to lose the scent—of hounds in fox-hunting; Knock-out auction, an auction where the bidders are largely swindling confederates; Knock together, to get together or construct hastily; Knock under, to give in, yield; Knock up, to rouse by knocking: weary out, or be worn out: to construct hastily: (U.S.) to get with child. [A.S. cnucian, cnocian; imit. like knack; cf. Gael. cnac, cnag, &c.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
KNOCK
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Knock is ranked #34427 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Knock surname appeared 658 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Knock.
91.6% or 603 total occurrences were White.
3.3% or 22 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.9% or 13 total occurrences were Black.
1.5% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'KNOCK' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1853
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'KNOCK' in Verbs Frequency: #430
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of KNOCK in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of KNOCK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of KNOCK in a Sentence
We really have no choice. We have to knock out ISIS, i would listen to the generals, but I'm hearing numbers of 20,000 to 30,000.
Latino President Darryl Morin:
Never once did he knock on the door or ring, press the ring doorbell to get ahold of the person inside to try to deliver the package, the only information this driver had that could serve as a trigger for this deep-seated hate was the name on the package. The addressee, the person [to] whom the package was addressed, had never met this individual in their life.
Think about it. It’s election season and you’ve taken upon yourself to perhaps knock on someone’s door or multiple doors and collect their ballot with, I’m assuming, the intent to turn the ballot into the ballot box, but, in the event that doesn’t happen, regardless of why it doesn’t happen, you can see it that that has (an) impact on…that person’s ballot to the election box. But, then also on the outcome. So, it’s not a practice that really has enough benefit to justify continuing to have it. So, that’s why I sponsored the bill and the court agreed that it was within our statutory and constitutional authority.
Besides the fact that we're very proud that it's manufactured in South Africa, it has a knock on effect wherever it's going out and being supported.
The first thing I would do is ask them why they want to be an officer, there are some people who want to go into law enforcement because they want to knock heads and don't recognize this is about communities.
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Translations for KNOCK
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- خبطArabic
- сту́кнуць, сту́кацьBelarusian
- чукамBulgarian
- cop, batre, colpejarCatalan, Valencian
- uhodit, klepatCzech
- cnoc, cnocioWelsh
- Klopfen, schlagen, SchlagGerman
- χτυπάω, χτύπος, προανάφλεξηGreek
- frapi, frapoEsperanto
- golpearSpanish
- koputtaa, tyrmätä, nakuttaa, koputella, nakutus, kolauttaa, kolhaista, koputus, iskuFinnish
- frapperFrench
- gnog, gnogadh, buailScottish Gaelic
- דפיקהHebrew
- खटखटाना, दस्तकHindi
- tabrak, ketokan, benturan, ketokIndonesian
- fraparIdo
- sbattere, distruggere, botta, battere, bussare, autocombustione, denigrare, sparlare, colpo, buttare giùItalian
- ノック, 叩くJapanese
- კაკუნიGeorgian
- pasibelstiLithuanian
- klauvētLatvian
- banke, banking, slagNorwegian
- aankloppen, klap, kloppen, botsenDutch
- slå, banke, dunke, støteNorwegian
- pukać, zapukaćPolish
- batida, baterPortuguese
- ciocăniRomanian
- стучать, стук, стукнутьRussian
- klepnutie, úder, klopať, tresk, klopanie, rázSlovak
- trkati, potrkatiSlovene
- trokas, e trokiturAlbanian
- stöta emot, knacka, slå emot, knackningSwedish
- çalmak, vurmak, tıklatmakTurkish
- сту́кнути, сту́катиUkrainian
- gõVietnamese
- 敲Chinese
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